#91-HYDE PARK

HYDE PARK TRAILS

STONY BROOK RESERVATION

STONY BROOK RESERVATION


STONY BROOK RESERVATION TRAIL MAP


DELL AVENUE ROCK

DELL AVENUE ROCK


Dell Avenue Rock consists primarily of a puddingstone ledge arising approximately 40 feet above Hyde Park Avenue. There are some outcrops near the top of the rock. The site is dominated by woodland, comprised of small and medium sized maples, oaks, cherry, and birch with sparse, grassy ground cover. This site provides a pleasant visual buffer along a busy, dense stretch of Hyde Park Avenue. Views from the top of the rock overlook the Stony Brook Reservation and in the winter there are views of the Blue Hills. The open, grassy areas on the lower portion of the site provide a quiet retreat for picnics or reading.

MONTEREY HILLTOP URBAN WILD

MONTEREY HILLTOP


This site is a very steep slope below the Beechmont Footway, which connects Beech Avenue to Ashville Street, in the Clarendon Hills section of Hyde Park. The slope descends to the backyards of houses on Windham Street. The site is densely wooded with maples, oak, hickory, birch, and cherry. Monterey Hilltop provides residents with a lush wooded area in a built-up area of primarily single-family houses.

Furthermore, it provides a nice view to those walking along the Beechmont Footway. The homes abutting the site, along Windham Street, particularly benefit by having the wooded area directly adjacent to their backyards. Given the severity of the slope, acccess through the site is not feasible.

MOTHERBROOK III - RESERVATION ROAD

RESERVATION ROAD - MOTHERBROOK III


This urban wild, once called Motherbrook III, is now part of Reservation Road Park. Leading to the urban wild section south of the underpass, a stabilized stonedust pathway winds from the skateboard park to a quiet overlook beside the Motherbrook. An interpretive sign highlights the history of the canal and commemorates the construction of the park.

SHERRIN STREET WOODLAND

SHGERRIN STREET WOODLAND


This is the 2nd largest urban wild site, located between the MBTA commuter rail tracks and Austin Street, just north of West Street. The northern half of the site is dominated by a rocky outcrop, known as Pine Rock, and forest comprised primarily of mature oaks, hickory, cherry, birch, and hemlock. The southern portion of the site is mostly filled-in stream channels and wetlands, which have gradually developed into a dense, weedy thicket of non-native, invasive shrubs and small trees.

There are trails traversing the northern portion of the site. Along the eastern edge of the site is a right-of-way for the Stony Brook Conduit, replacing the now buried Stony Brook. Because of its size and accessibility, Sherrin Street Woods offers local residents many opportunities for passive recreation and natural history education, as well as significant aesthetic values. This large site helps break up the uniformity of many, small single-family house lots, and provides an appealing semi-rural feel to the neighborhood.


SPRAGUE POND ACCESS

SPRAGUE POND




WEST AND AUSTIN STREET ROCK

WEST AND AUSTIN STREET ROCK


NEPONSET RIVER -WEST STREET

WEST STREET-NEPONSET RIVER PATH